How drinking water can help you lose weight

Keeping track of everything you eat and drink in a day can help you lose weight, studies suggest, yet some are still hesitant to commit to it. Reasons for not tracking food and water consumption? Concern about the time and amount of work it requires to unwillingness to download yet another app to their phone. That said, a new study suggests that monitoring your diet may not be as much work as you think. The study found that, after six months of diet tracking as part of a weight loss program, participants who lost weight spent just under 15 minutes a day, on average, recording their dietary intake.RELATED READ: This diet promotes healthy weight loss in obese seniorsThe study, published Monday in the journal Obesity, is the first to put a number on exactly how much time such dietary self-monitoring actually takes for people who successfully lose weight, the researchers said. The most successful of the 142 participants who monitored their intake during the … [Read more...] about The role your phone can play in weight loss

1: Up and at it – what is your morning routine? As soon as I wake up, I check emails on my phone for a few minutes. I don’t reply to them; I just want to know if anything is urgent. Then I get up and drink a pint of water. I used to drink water from the tap, but after ruining three irons recently with the amount of limescale in the water system, I now drink from a bottle of water. I wouldn’t eat anything for around half an hour, then I have breakfast. If I’m not touring and have the day off at home, I might go for a ride on my bike or have a swim. 2: What might you eat in a typical working day for... Breakfast: Fruit, poached egg and brown bread toasted. Lunch: If I’m at home, I have a salad, but if I am performing later that evening, I have a dinner at lunchtime, then don't eat for the rest of the day. Evening meal: I try to eat healthy meals and I enjoy fresh fish, potatoes and vegetables. Last night I made a spaghetti bolognese. I do enjoy cooking … [Read more...] about 20 Questions: Michael English on limescale in the water and skipping a Gordon Ramsay dessert

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Updated blood pressure guidelines from the American Heart Association mean that many more Americans, notably older people, are now diagnosed with high blood pressure, or hypertension. This may sound like bad news, but the new guidelines highlight some important lessons we cardiologists and heart health researchers have learned from the latest blood pressure studies. Specifically, we have learned that damage from high blood pressure starts at much lower blood pressures than previously thought and that it is more important than ever to start paying attention to your blood pressure before it starts causing problems.High blood pressure accounts for more heart disease and stroke deaths than all other preventable causes, except smoking. As president of the AHA and a cardiologist, I completely support the latest guidelines. I know they will save lives, especially when blood pressure is accurately checked and when people make therapeutic lifestyle choices to lower their blood pressure. HOW … [Read more...] about The latest blood pressure guidelines: What they mean for you